The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
2:26 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 132
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.04° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.08° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.